Contacts & SNS

1. Navê te çi ye?

   Na-vê te çi ye?

   What is your name?

   Usage

   The most common way to ask someone their name when meeting for the first time

   Grammar Note

   nav (name) becomes navê in genitive. te is the oblique form of tu (you)

2. Tu ji ku derê yî?

   Tu ji ku de-rê yî?

   Where are you from?

   Usage

   A common conversation starter asking about someone's origin

   Grammar Note

   ji ku derê means "from where". ji is the preposition "from/of"

3. Kêfxweş bûm ku min tu nas kir

   Kêf-xweş bûm ku min tu nas kir

   Nice to meet you

   Usage

   A warm greeting expressing pleasure at meeting someone new

   Grammar Note

   nas kirin is a compound verb meaning "to meet/know". ku introduces the subordinate clause

4. Emaila min ev e

   E-mai-la min ev e

   This is my email address

   Usage

   Sharing your email address when exchanging contact details

   Grammar Note

   email is borrowed from English. The -a in Emaila min is the ezafe linking a feminine noun to "my". Kurmanji has grammatical gender (masculine takes -ê)

5. Ma hejmara telefona te dikarî bidî min?

   Ma hej-ma-ra te-le-fo-na te di-ka-rî bi-dî min?

   Can you give me your phone number?

   Usage

   Asking for someone's phone number after meeting them

   Grammar Note

   dikarî is the 2nd-person modal "can". bidî is the subjunctive of dan (to give)

6. Navnîşana te çi ye?

   Nav-nî-şa-na te çi ye?

   What is your address?

   Usage

   Asking for someone's address when exchanging contact information

   Grammar Note

   navnîşan combines nav (name) and nîşan (sign/mark), meaning "address"

7. Kî ye ev?

   Who is this?

   Usage

   Used when answering the phone or being introduced to an unfamiliar person

   Grammar Note

   kî is the interrogative pronoun "who" for people. çi means "what" for things

8. Ez ji Japonyayê me

   Ez ji Ja-pon-ya-yê me

   I am from Japan

   Usage

   Basic self-introduction stating your country of origin

   Grammar Note

   ji is the preposition "from". -yê is the definite oblique ending. Ez ji...me is the origin structure

9. Hesabê min yê medyaya civakî ev e

   He-sa-bê min yê med-ya-ya ci-va-kî ev e

   This is my social media account

   Usage

   Sharing your social media handle when exchanging contact details

   Grammar Note

   hesab is borrowed from Arabic ḥisāb (calculation/account). "hesabê min yê …" is an ezafe structure meaning "my … account"; medyaya civakî is "social media"

10. Em bi hev re di têkiliyê de bimînin

    Em bi hev re di tê-ki-li-yê de bi-mî-nin

    Please do keep in touch

    Usage

    Encouraging someone to stay in contact when parting ways

    Grammar Note

    "Let's stay in touch" is Em … di têkiliyê de bimînin (têkilî = contact). bi temamî means "completely", not "by all means". bimînin is the 1pl subjunctive of man (to stay)

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